Supero X7DWU, User Manual

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Appendix C: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines
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To format a disk:
Note: The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low-level
formatting of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk. Serial ATA drives
are low-level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low-level format-
ted again.
3 When the screen shown below displays, select Format Disk and press <Enter>.
The following screen appears:
4. Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below. To
continue with disk formatting, select Yes and hit <Enter>. Otherwise, select No
and press <Enter>.
Caution
: Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to back up
your data before formatting a disk.
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